Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews Represents the American literary works most respected by modern scholars. Volume I covers Christopher Columbus through Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. This book also emphasizes the contributions to the American literary canon made by women and minority authors. Extensive explanatory headnotes and footnotes link the works and authors of a period and provide readers with additional insights into each selection. New to this edition is an expanded presentation of Native American literature (myths, tales, autobiography, etc.). |
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George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews. The Literature of Reason and Revolution ] HE eighteenth century in America is known from its dominating ideas as the Age of Reason , the Age of Neoclas- sicism , and the Age of the Enlightenment . It ...
George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews. The Literature of Reason and Revolution ] HE eighteenth century in America is known from its dominating ideas as the Age of Reason , the Age of Neoclas- sicism , and the Age of the Enlightenment . It ...
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George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews. lished , on the basis of reason , than it would be were the government to step in , and to make it an article of necessary faith . Reason and experiment have been indulged , and error has fled before ...
George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews. lished , on the basis of reason , than it would be were the government to step in , and to make it an article of necessary faith . Reason and experiment have been indulged , and error has fled before ...
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... reason has long been regarded as the reason par excellence . " " Il y a à parier , ” replied Dupin , quoting from Chamfort , “ que toute idée publique , toute convention reçue , est une sottise , car elle a convenu au plus grand nombre ...
... reason has long been regarded as the reason par excellence . " " Il y a à parier , ” replied Dupin , quoting from Chamfort , “ que toute idée publique , toute convention reçue , est une sottise , car elle a convenu au plus grand nombre ...
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Columbuss Letter Describing His First Voyage | 15 |
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH | 22 |
FROM A Description of New England | 36 |
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